From the terrible state of our roads. It is clearly evident that Chorley is not receiving its fair share of funds for vital road repairs.
Despite being given extra cash from the Labour government, Reform controlled Lancashire County Council refuse to spend the full allocation of this money in Chorley!
Lancashire received extra from the roads improvement budget created as part of the governments’ recent spending round which has allocated over £60m to be spent across the county. If spent equally across all the districts of Lancashire that would equate to at least £4.5m to be spent in Chorley this year.
Chorley Council have written to LCC to ask what monies have been spent when and precisely where in Chorley over the past 12 months, given the atrocious state of highways such as the A6 past Chorley Hospital and other primary and secondary routes across our Borough.
Lancashire has been told that it will be receiving a further £10m of additional government monies (on top of the circa £50m already in the baseline) for Highways in 2026 and we call on Reform county councillors to stand up to their colleagues at County Hall and get a decent service for local residents.
Did You Know…
- Lancashire County Council are responsible for maintaining our roads.
- Over 75% of your council tax goes to Lancashire County Council.
- The Reform controlled Lancashire County Council received an additional £14m from the government to spend on our roads last year.
- Reform controlled Lancashire County Council are failing to invest a fair share of this money on repairing potholes in Chorley.
- Despite receiving most of your council tax, Reform controlled Lancashire County Council has failed to maintain our roads and repair potholes.
Chorley Labour has previously lobbied for the devolution of highway maintenance back to Chorley Council https://chorleylabour.co.uk/2023/road-maintenance-to-the-borough-of-chorley/
Everyone at Chorley Labour is fed up with our residents having to suffer the impact of our terrible roads across the borough. Residents have to foot the bill, during a cost of living crisis, for damages to vehicles due to the poor decision making at Reform controlled Lancashire County Council.